The grants to enhance culturally specific services for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking program is authorized by 34 U.S.C. 20124

The Asian/Pacific Islander Domestic Violence Resource Project (A/PI DVRP), a minority-owned non-profit organization, received a $400,000 Project Grant awarded on October 1, 2023 under the Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016) administered by the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women. Through this funding, A/PI DVRP will provide culturally and linguistically responsive direct social services, develop a peer organizer program to train and support API survivor leaders, and increase access to social services for API survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The program aims to enhance traditional victim services through the leadership of culturally specific organizations and to develop prevention strategies highlighting the unique needs and resources for API communities facing gender-based violence. A/PI DVRP has also served as a sub-recipient on federal grants from other agencies, delivering multilingual case management, trauma therapies, capacity building, and outreach focused on domestic violence response for API populations.

This program supports the maintenance and replication of existing successful community-based programs providing culturally specific services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, as well as the development of innovative culturally specific strategies to enhance access to services and resources for victims who face obstacles to using more traditional programs. Culturally specific services means community-based services that include culturally relevant and linguistically specific services and resources to culturally specific communities which are statutorily defined as american indians (including alaska natives, eskimos, and aleuts); asian americans; native hawaiians and other pacific islanders; blacks; and hispanics. Projects must address at least one of the programs statutory purpose areas. Through this new culturally specific services program project, asian/pacific islander domestic violence resource project (a/PI dvrp) will implement a project addressing the following purpose areas: enhance traditional services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking through the leadership of culturally specific programs offering services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; and work in cooperation with the community to develop education and prevention strategies highlighting culturally specific issues and resources regarding victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Specific activities will include: 1) promoting the health and safety of a/PI survivors by providing culturally and linguistically responsive direct social services; 2) developing a peer organizer program to train and develop leadership skills of a/PI survivors; and 3) increasing access to social services for a/PI survivors.